Chapter Summaries

Aika invited Michael and Sajo Ayaka to a newly opened amusement park, where Ayaka admitted she feared the Holy Grail War might put Aika in danger. The group enjoyed the park, but Lily sensed frightened people in a haunted house and suggested investigating.

• Aika invited Michael and Sajo Ayaka to visit the amusement park, and Ayaka worried that joining them could draw Aika into the Holy Grail War.
• Aika reassured Ayaka that Michael would keep her safe, while Michael and Lily promised to protect her.
• At the park, Michael wiped ice cream from Aika's lips, and Aika kissed him as a reward while Ayaka watched resentfully.
• Lily sensed that people inside a haunted house were afraid and suggested that she and Ayaka investigate and help them.

Sajo Ayaka took Lily to the haunted house while Sajo Aika and Michael rode the Ferris Wheel together. At the ride’s peak, Aika wished to stay with Michael forever and then reminded him that they still had no news of a child.

• Sajo Ayaka explained haunted houses to Lily, who decided they were a way to train their spirits and led Ayaka inside.
• Sajo Ayaka told Sajo Aika that she and Lily were going to the haunted house, and Aika watched them leave with Michael.
• Michael invited Sajo Aika onto the Ferris Wheel, where they held hands and looked down at the amusement park.
• Sajo Aika told Michael she had wished to stay with him forever when the Ferris Wheel reached its highest point.
• Sajo Aika whispered that Michael could not rest that night because they still had no news of their child, and he began coughing in surprise.

Sajo Ayaka and Lily visited an amusement park, where a golden-haired Servant revealed himself and challenged Lily. As the confrontation grew dangerous, a white-haired young man appeared between them, interrupting the golden-haired Servant.

• Lily emerged from the haunted house unfazed, and Sajo Ayaka enjoyed exploring the amusement park with her.
• Lily spotted the go-karts and asked Sajo Ayaka to try them.
• A golden-haired young man revealed that he was a Servant, and Lily transformed into her armor and drew her holy sword to protect Sajo Ayaka.
• The golden-haired Servant declared himself the strongest Heroic Spirit and threatened to defeat Lily.
• Sajo Ayaka asked him to postpone the fight, but he took her words as a threat and grew angry.
• A crow landed on the golden-haired Servant, transformed into a white-haired young man, and appeared between them.

Michael encountered Gilgamesh and challenged him to prove he was the strongest Heroic Spirit by racing go-karts. Sajo Ayaka overcame her doubts and prepared to race with Lily against Gilgamesh, and the race began.

• Michael recognized Gilgamesh, who remembered him from the previous Holy Grail War and agreed to spare Sajo Ayaka because she was Michael's wife's younger sister.
• Michael challenged Gilgamesh to prove his strength in a go-kart race, and Gilgamesh accepted.
• Sajo Ayaka doubted she could win, but Lily promised to drive using her Riding skill, and Michael encouraged Ayaka to keep going.
• Lily and Sajo Ayaka took the yellow Lion go-kart while Gilgamesh chose a gold one, and both raced away from the starting line at extraordinary speed.

Sajo Ayaka and Lily raced Gilgamesh in mana-powered go-karts, but he attacked them with Noble Phantasms and kept them from catching up. As the race entered a stretch of continuous turns, Ayaka realized how they could win.

• Michael concealed the Servants' race from the other amusement park visitors while his duplicate joined the action.
• Lily used Magi Release to overtake Gilgamesh and block his racing line.
• Gilgamesh fired Noble Phantasms at Lily and Sajo Ayaka, and Ayaka used an ice wall to defend them.
• Sajo Ayaka froze the track, causing Gilgamesh's go-kart to spin out, but his continued attacks slowed her and Lily down.
• Sajo Ayaka studied the track layout and realized a way for them to win.

Sajo Ayaka and Lily tied with Gilgamesh in a race at an amusement park, then watched the fireworks as Ayaka worried about losing Misaya. The chapter ended at Chaldea, where Leonardo da Vinci urged Paracelsus to focus on research and asked him to use her original name.

• Sajo Ayaka used water magic to build an ice bridge, and Lily drove the Lion across it toward the finish line.
• Gilgamesh made his kart fly, while Lily unleashed Magi Release, and they crossed the finish line almost simultaneously as the Lion broke down.
• Gilgamesh declared that Lily and Sajo Ayaka would be his consorts, but Michael intervened and sent him away.
• Sajo Ayaka and Lily enjoyed the amusement park and watched fireworks; Ayaka resolved to explain the Holy Grail War to Misaya after it ended.
• Sajo Aika told Michael that Paracelsus had once helped Misaya survive the previous Holy Grail War, and Michael said Paracelsus had already been punished.
• At Chaldea, Leonardo da Vinci urged Paracelsus to pursue research and said she preferred being called by her original name.

Hadi received a Command Spell mark from Father Faan as a reward for investigating the murders, while the Church secretly planned to use him as bait. After hearing fireworks in the peaceful city, Hadi headed back to his workshop, unaware of the Church’s scheme.

• Hadi visited the Holy Church and received a new Command Spell mark from Father Faan for helping uncover the Linglongguan Family’s role in the murders.
• After Hadi left, Nicholas Harris questioned Father Faan about giving him the mark, and Father Faan revealed it was bait for a trap.
• Father Faan said they would deal with the Linglongguan Family’s Master and Lancer, while Nicholas confirmed he had obtained the Tower Trial tally.
• Nicholas recalled that the Guardian of the Holy Grail had defeated him repeatedly before giving him the tally, and he vowed to make her pay.
• Hadi heard an explosion that proved to be fireworks, reflected on the peaceful world, and walked toward his temporary Magecraft Workshop.

Reienkan Misaya and Cú Chulainn fought the Holy Grail Guardian, the Golden King, in the tower trial. After Cú Chulainn and Misaya wounded him, the Guardian attacked Misaya, and King's Axe cut her in half.

• Reienkan Misaya and Cú Chulainn entered the shattered battlefield and faced the Golden King, the Holy Grail Guardian.
• The Golden King declared himself and attacked with King's Axe, while Cú Chulainn and Misaya began their assault.
• Cú Chulainn severed the Golden King's arms as Misaya blinded him with a Rune Script, allowing Cú Chulainn to wound his abdomen.
• The Golden King ignored his injuries, broke free of Misaya's binding Rune, and leaped toward her with King's Axe.
• Cú Chulainn blocked the axe but was sent flying, and the Golden King cut Reienkan Misaya in half at the waist.

Reienkan Misaya and Cú Chulainn fought the Holy Grail Guardian, who grafted a revived dragon’s head onto his arm. Cú Chulainn pierced the Guardian’s chest with his Demon Spear, leaving the battle’s outcome poised at the moment of impact.

• Reienkan Misaya revealed herself behind the Holy Grail Guardian and joined Cú Chulainn in wounding him, severing his left arm.
• The Holy Grail Guardian attached his severed arm to the dragon’s head and revived it, unleashing dragonfire across the battlefield.
• Reienkan Misaya protected herself from the heat while she and Cú Chulainn attacked the Guardian together.
• Reienkan Misaya slashed the dragon head’s connection with Vacuum Air Blades as Cú Chulainn overwhelmed the Guardian with rapid spear thrusts.
• Cú Chulainn leaped through the dragonfire and drove his crimson Demon Spear through the Holy Grail Guardian’s chest.

Reienkan Misaya defeated the Holy Grail Guardian and returned to her mansion, where memories of Ayaka left her troubled. Meanwhile, Miyazaki Yota entered an adult bar to destroy an underground magical barrier and was approached by a woman in a cherry-colored yukata.

• The Holy Grail Guardian died after Cú Chulainn shattered his heart, and Reienkan Misaya took the golden sphere of light as the battlefield collapsed.
• Back at her mansion, Reienkan Misaya saw that only three towers remained and remembered Ayaka while looking at an old photograph.
• Cú Chulainn tried to cheer Reienkan Misaya, but she sent him away and opened a box containing the Lesser Holy Grail.
• Miyazaki Yota used a forged driver's license to enter an adult bar built over a still-active magical barrier, intending to destroy it.
• A woman in a cherry-colored yukata approached Miyazaki Yota and asked if he was lost.

Miyazaki Yota resisted Hanako’s advances before joining A'tui to investigate another hidden hospital chamber. There, a hostile mage’s projection trapped them and detonated explosives, leaving Miyazaki Yota unconscious.

• Hanako tried to seduce Miyazaki Yota, but he fled and reaffirmed his feelings for Sajo Ayaka.
• Miyazaki Yota and A'tui found a hidden room and Magic Circle beneath another hospital.
• A'tui approached the floating magical core, which shattered before the usual monster appeared.
• A mage’s projection appeared, sealed the exit, and revealed that explosives had been planted.
• An explosion hurled Miyazaki Yota into a wall, and a second blast left him unconscious.

Miyazaki Yota woke in a clinic after surviving an explosion in the secret chamber, thanks to A'tui and his restorative medicine. After deciding to take revenge on the magician responsible, Yota was cleared by Doctor Suzuno, who asked him to help someone in need in return for her care.

• A'tui explained that an unknown magician had planted explosives in the chamber, and his secret medicine had slowly healed Miyazaki Yota after the blast.
• Miyazaki Yota reassured A'tui that the explosion was not his fault and thanked him for saving his life.
• Miyazaki Yota learned that the building above the chamber had survived with no casualties, then vowed to take out the magician responsible.
• Doctor Suzuno examined Miyazaki Yota and confirmed that he had recovered without apparent lasting injuries.
• Doctor Suzuno declined payment and asked Miyazaki Yota to help someone in need, and he agreed.

Father Faan summoned the Holy Grail War Masters to warn them that Degenerate Dead Apostles had appeared again in Tokyo. He confronted Reienkan Misaya over the Linglongguan Family’s old research, and she challenged the evidence behind the Church’s accusation.

• Father Faan summoned the Masters with signal fireworks, but they sent Familiars instead of coming in person.
• Father Faan warned the gathered Familiars that a Master had once created Degenerate Dead Apostles and nearly exposed the Mage's world.
• Father Faan revealed a captured Degenerate Dead Apostle and said similar monsters had recently appeared on the Holy Grail War battlefield before Church personnel eliminated them.
• Father Faan asked Reienkan Misaya to explain the creature’s reappearance.
• Reienkan Misaya denied that the Linglongguan Family was responsible and argued that her father’s research had been destroyed and the matter settled ten years earlier.

Father Faan changed the Holy Grail War’s rules and offered a Command Spell to Masters who eliminated the Linglongguan Family, intending to provoke a chaotic battle. He and Nicholas planned to exploit the conflict, while Nicholas grew wary of the unknown Saber Master as a possible greater threat.

• Father Faan accused the Linglongguan Family of endangering the Holy Grail War and demanded access to its workshop, which Reienkan Misaya refused.
• Father Faan ordered the Masters to stop fighting each other and promised a reserve Command Spell to those who eliminated the Linglongguan Family and its Servant.
• Reienkan Misaya rejected Father Faan’s plan and dared the Church and other Masters to attack the Linglongguan Family.
• After the Masters left, Nicholas questioned whether Father Faan could provide enough Command Spells, and Father Faan explained that he meant to use the reward to plunge the Masters into conflict.
• Nicholas dismissed the Linglongguan Family’s reputation but suspected that the unknown Saber Master might become their greatest obstacle.

Nicholas Harris was poisoned and killed by Father Faan, who took his final Command Spell and revealed a black-winged mark on his tongue. Meanwhile, Sajo Ayaka decided to help her endangered friend Misaya, but sensed immense mana gathering near the Linglongguan Family estate before reaching Misaya’s home.

• Nicholas Harris told Father Faan that he had trapped a new Master and identified him as an apparently ordinary young man.
• Father Faan poisoned Nicholas, prevented him from using his Mage Crest, gouged out his eyes, and decapitated him with a Black Key.
• Father Faan transferred Nicholas’s final Command Spell to himself and discovered a pattern of black wings on his tongue.
• Sajo Ayaka told Lily she would help Misaya despite their connection to the Holy Grail War.
• Sajo Ayaka headed by train toward Misaya’s home, then sensed immense mana gathering near the Linglongguan Family estate.

Reienkan Misaya realized the Church had engineered a scheme to turn the other Masters against the Linglongguan Family and planned to target Sangred Fain. Before she could act, a Servant attacked Reienkan Mansion and shattered its barrier with a gigantic sword.

• Reienkan Misaya and Cú Chulainn discussed declaring war on the other Masters, and Cú Chulainn went outside to patrol.
• Reienkan Misaya reasoned that the Church had baited the Masters with a Command Spell and sought to make them attack the Linglongguan Family.
• Reienkan Misaya decided to strike Sangred Fain, whom she suspected of cooperating with the Church.
• A Servant attacked Reienkan Mansion with weapons emerging from golden ripples while Cú Chulainn stayed beside Reienkan Misaya to protect her.
• The Servant summoned a colossal sword and smashed through the mansion's barrier, facing Reienkan Misaya and Cú Chulainn.

Gilgamesh broke through the Linglongguan Family’s defenses and fought Cú Chulainn while Reienkan Misaya recognized him as the King of Heroes. Elsewhere, A'tui detected the clash, and Miyazaki Yota decided to investigate in disguise.

• Gilgamesh destroyed the Linglongguan Family’s barrier and opened a path through the Black Forest before confronting Cú Chulainn.
• Cú Chulainn and Gilgamesh exchanged thousands of blows, and Cú Chulainn wounded Gilgamesh.
• Reienkan Misaya identified Gilgamesh as the King of Heroes and resolved to fight him for the Holy Grail.
• A'tui sensed a powerful magical clash south of Miyazaki Yota, who agreed to investigate with a disguise.

Miyazaki Yota and A'tui watched Reienkan Misaya and Cú Chulainn battle Gilgamesh, while Misaya supported Cú Chulainn with healing magic. Cú Chulainn pierced Gilgamesh’s heart with Gae Bolg, but Gilgamesh dismissed the wound and surrounded him with golden ripples.

• Miyazaki Yota and A'tui reached a rooftop and watched the battle at Reienkan Mansion through a monocular.
• Miyazaki recognized Reienkan Misaya and saw her aiding Cú Chulainn against Gilgamesh.
• Misaya healed Cú Chulainn while Gilgamesh used a potion to recover from his wounds.
• Cú Chulainn unleashed Gae Bolg and pierced Gilgamesh’s heart.
• Gilgamesh called the attack somewhat interesting, then surrounded Cú Chulainn with golden ripples.

Cú Chulainn escaped Gilgamesh’s attack by severing his own arm, but he and Reienkan Misaya remained badly wounded until Sajo Ayaka arrived. Miyazaki Yota then made an unexpected entrance on a flying horse and immediately vomited, leaving the battlefield in stunned silence.

• Gilgamesh bound Cú Chulainn with the Chains of Heaven, and Cú Chulainn cut off his own left arm to escape before Gilgamesh’s Noble Phantasms struck.
• Gilgamesh healed his wound with a Magic Potion and blocked the arriving Sajo Ayaka’s Invincible Golden Sword with Earth's Verdant Plain.
• Sajo Ayaka rushed to Reienkan Misaya, who rejected her help while treating Cú Chulainn’s severed arm.
• Lily encouraged Sajo Ayaka, who told Reienkan Misaya that she would always be her best friend, and Reienkan Misaya remained silent.
• Miyazaki Yota arrived on A'tui but became motion-sick and vomited before he could introduce himself.

Gilgamesh withdrew from the confrontation, and Reienkan Misaya, Sajo Ayaka, and Miyazaki Yota came under attack from Father Faan. After they took shelter, Father Faan prepared to pursue his mission against the Masters.

• Gilgamesh heeded President's warning and vanished, ending the standoff with Reienkan Misaya and Sajo Ayaka.
• Reienkan Misaya thanked Sajo Ayaka for helping her, then a distant shot forced Lily to shield Sajo Ayaka while Misaya raised an ice wall.
• Reienkan Misaya brought Sajo Ayaka and Miyazaki Yota inside the Linglongguan Family's Magecraft Workshop and took the object used in the attack.
• Father Faan lowered his sniper rifle three streets away and identified Sajo Ayaka and her Saber-class Servant.
• Father Faan recited a biblical passage, condemned the Masters as heretics, and packed away his Church-issued rifle.